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WHERE ARE YOU WORKING?
1 John 3:8 says: “For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil.” The “works” of the devil? Yes, the devil works. It’s the same word that’s used in Titus 2:5 where we are exhorted to be “keepers at home.” Many versions of the Bible translate this Scripture as “workers at home.” It comes from two Greek words: “ergon” which means “to work” and “oikos” which means “home.” This literally means “WORKERS at HOME.”Do you notice the phrase doesn’t say “workers in the career world” but “workers at home’? There are some who do not like that statement but if they don’t, they are saying they don’t like the Bible.
The challenge to us is that if we do not work to guard our home and family, the devil will outdo us with his works. If mothers would rather work outside their home than in their home, they give room for the devil to work in their home behind their backs! This is one of the reasons the devil woos women out of the home. He can then get his hands upon the minds and hearts of our precious children. If mothers are not protecting, guiding, teaching, and nurturing their children in the home, who is? Who are those peoiple? Are they godly? Are they righteous? Are they anointed from God for the task? Are they teaching our children the truth?
We must work to keep our homes a place of love, joy, delight, and holiness—and truth! It takes work to keep deception out of your home. The enemy always looks for a foothold where he can get in.
Keep working in your home, dear mother. Don’t let up. Don’t let the devil work havoc in your marriage and children while you are busy with other things.
One of the greatest ways we destroy the “works of the devil” is through fervent prayer. How much are you praying for your children? Your home? Future generations?
Keep the devil at bay from your marriage and home.
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
Painting: Seymour Joseph Guy
